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574. William TAYLOR554,555,557,564,784,970,971,972
was born between 1722 and 1725 in USA, North Carolina, Bertie Co. (prob).554,557
Jerome Tew's research has a 1718 birthdate. He appeared in the census between
1784 and 1787 in USA, North Carolina.557
William Taylor was on the 1784-87 NC state Census, enumerated in Duplin Co adjacent
Mary Denmark and Francis Olliver. In the household were: 2 white males 21-60;
1 white male under 21 or above 60; 5 white females; 10 blacks 12-50; 3 blacks
under 12 or above 50. He died from an axe blow to the head on 13 Mar 1787 in
USA, North Carolina, Duplin Co..554,557,973,974 William Taylor was murdered
by an axe blow to the brain from one of his slaves on 13 Mar 1787. A special
court was held 15 Mar 1787 which dealt only with the murder:
"15 Mar 1787. Special Court Begun & Held at the Court House, Thursday.
For the immediate tryal of Darby & Peter, two Negro Slaves, property of
the late William Taylor, Esquire, now committed & tryed for the murder of
said William Taylor, their Master. Court being summoned & convened by Sheriff,
Qualified.
Present: Thomas Routledge, Joseph Dickson, James Gillespie, Esquires &
Justices; Lewis Thomas, James Midleton, Sr., Isaac Hunter, Alexander Dickson,
Freeholders; all being owners of Slaves & unexceptional according to Law.
The said Negro, Darby, did confess that he did on the 13th day of Inst.
March feloniously & maliciously & wilfully murder William Taylor by striking
him on the head with an ax into his Brain, of which wound his said Master instantly
died; Court Ordered Darby immediately committed to Goal under a good guard &
on tomorrow between one & four o'clock in the afternoon he be taken out &
tied to a stake on the Court House lott & there burned to death & to
ashes & ashes strewd upon the ground.
Said Peter, age about 14, did confess that he was present when his Master,
the said William Taylor, was murdered & that he did aid & assist his
brother, Darby, in commiting said Murder; Court having taken into consideration
the youth of said Peter & considering him under the influence of his older
brother, Darby, passed the following sentence; said Peter be committted to Goal
& remain under good guard till tomorrow & then between one & four
o'clock be taken out & tied to a post on the Court House Lott & there
to have 1/2 of each of his ears cut off & be branded on each check with the
letter M & receive 100 lashed on his bare back.
To which sentences the Court have herto subscribed their names...
The famous trial of Darby and Peter, two negro slaves, and also their conviction
for the murder of their master, Colonel William Taylor, took place in the old
courthouse within plain view of the spring. According to the court records, “At
a special court begun on Thursday, March 15, 1787, for the immediate trial of
Darby and Peter, two negro slaves, the property of the late William Taylor, Esquire,
now committed and to be tried for the murder of their master, William Taylor,
and were present the following justices; Thomas Routledge, Joseph Dickson and
James Gillespie. And the following freeholders: Lewis Thomas, James Middleton,
Sr., Isaac Hunter, and Alexander Dickson. “The Darby negro having confessed
the murder of his master, by striking him on the head with an axe, which instantly
killed his master, the court sentenced him in the following words: That he, the
said negro man Darby be immediately committed to Gaol under a good guard and
that on tomorrow between the hours of one and four o'clock in the afternoon he
be taken out thence and tied to a stake on the court house lot and there burned
to death and to ashes and his ashes strewed upon the ground and that the Sheriff
see this order executed. “The said negro boy Peter, a boy about fourteen
years of age, being also brought before the court and did confess that he was
present when his master, the said William Taylor, was murdered and that he did
aid and assist his brother the aforesaid Darby in committing the said murder;
the court having taken into consideration the youth of the said Peter and considering
him under the influence of his said brother Darby, have thought proper to pass
his sentence in the following words, to-wit: That he, the negro boy Peter, be
committed to Gaol and there to remain under a good guard, till tomorrow, and
then between the hours of one and four o'clock, he be taken out thence and tied
to a post on the court house lot and there to have one half of each of his ears
cut off and be branded on each cheek with the letter M and receive one hundred
lashes well laid on his bare back and that the Sheriff see this order executed.”
(McGowen) On the north side of Goshen on both sides of Bear Marsh, a large tract
in excess of 1,000 acres was granted to William TAYLOR in 1745. Bear Marsh Baptist
Church was built on this tract in 1763, and became the mother church of the Missionary
Baptist Churches in North Duplin. William TAYLOR was granted 100 acres in 1754,
and 560 acres in 1762. (Moore, 1991)
(From research by Fletcher Freeman)
William Taylor was likely born about 1722/25, probably in Bertie County,
N.C. Jonathan Taylor moved from Bertie to what would become Duplin in the early
1740's, while this was still a part of New Hanover County, settling on Goshen
Swamp. We find the following deed in New Hanover (C:204) which suggests that
William was Jonathan's son but does not provide direct proof. " To all
to whom these Presents shall come Greeting, know ye that I Jonathan Taylor, Senr.
of New Hanover County ...Planter for & in Consideration of the sum of Twenty
Pounds Procl. Money... paid by William Taylor of the County...afsd. Planter...have
...sold...unto him the sd. William Taylor ... one Messuage or Tract of Land taken
up and Patented by Jonathan Taylor, Senr... April 29th...1745 it being the sd
Land where sd. Jona. Taylor now liveth on, Beginning at a Pine... Containing
by Estimation Three Hundred Acres it being the uppermost part ... In Witness
whereof I the sd. Jonathan Taylor have hereunto set my had & seal this Eighteenth
Day of August ... 1749. Witness: Edwd. Rawlins, Lewis Powell.
In the early Duplin deeds, preserved in Sampson Co., we find that on May
14, 1752, William Taylor sold for 7 pds. to John Rogers 73 acres on Goshen Swamp
at the mouth of "Bear Guarding" Branch (2:160, witnessed by William
Goodman, James Blount). On March 11, 1756 he sold for 12 pds. to William Rogers
127 acres on Goshen Swamp (2:381, witnessed by Samuel Bennett, John Rogers).
William sold another 100 acres on Goshen at the head of Bearskin Branch to William
Rogers Jr. on Feb 7, 1767 (1:241, witnessed by William Goodman, Jr., John Rodgers),
but had patented other land in the area in the meantime. On Sept. 28, 1754 he
received a grant of 100 acres on the north side of Goshen Swamp joining John
Rogers (Land Grants, 15:64). On Sept 1, 1759 he received a grant of 200 acres
there (16:316), and on Oct. 22, 1762 he obtained a grant of 560 acres on the
north side of Goshen, joining his own line, Denis Foley and Jonathan Taylor (15:430).
Jonathan Taylor, Sr. had sold the other part of his grant fo Dennis Foley, and
on Feb. 19, 1773 Richard Blackledge, a merchant of Craven County sold for 73
pds. to William Taylor 300 acres on Goshen Swamp, beginning at William's line,
being a part of the tract granted to Jonathan Taylor in 1745 (3:447).
William appears in several later deeds as well, and on Jan. 14, 1779 made
a deed of gift to his daughter Elizabeth Taylor of all his slaves and land, the
land consisting of 600 acres on the north side of Goshen, 00 acres on the north
side of Goshen and 360 acres on Goshen and Bearskin Swamp (Duplin 1A:469). Elizabeth
was his only living child at this time. She soon thereafter married John Rhodes,
and this is the same land on which John Rhodes gave a liftime lease to widow
Catherine Taylor on April 23, 1787 (1A:407, witnessed by Samuel Bowden, Frans.
Oliver). William made one last purchase, when on Nov 1, 1787 Baker Bowden of
New Hanover sold for 12 pds. to William Taylor of Duplin 500 acres on the north
side of Goshen Swamp and Bear Marsh joining Jesse Barfield and Thomas Taylor
(1A: 237, witnessed by Samuel Bowden, James Standley).
Duplin County Estate Records 1779 - 1930 reflect an estate for William Taylor
in 1787 naming John Rhodes in right of his wife and James McCulloh in right of
his wife and a widow, Kathrain Taylor, who is administrator with John Rhodes.
In the William Taylor File for 1798 there is an indication that the lands are
to be divided between John Rhodes and Henry McCulloh's heirs.
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"William Taylor was a large land-owner in Duplin County, North Carolina.
A few years after the close of the war, in 1776, he was murdered by one of his
own slaves, named Darby. Darby was arrested, tried and condemned to be burned,
which sentence was duly executed in the public square at the county seat."
(Pauline Craig Hughes)
William Taylor lived much of his life in New Hanover and Duplin Counties, North
Carolina.
William Taylor and Jonathan Taylor, [Sr.], are connected in many land purchases,
the speculation is they are brothers.
Deed of Gift to James McCulloh - 28 Jan 1776. William Taylor to James McCulloh
(his "loving son in law")...four slaves " ---h Milley (?) old
Peggy and Peter."
Duplin County Estates Records 1779-1930 has an estate for William Taylor in 1787
naming John Rhodes in right of his wife and James McCulloh in right of his wife
and a widow, Kathrain Taylor who is administrator with John Rhodes. In the William
Taylor file for 1798 there is an indication that lands are to be divided between
John Rhodes and Henry McCulloh heirs.
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Excerpts from Colony of North Carolina Land Patents -
Crown to: (William Tryon, Royal Governor) Patent Book 20
(p 197)
2592 pg. 591 John Gibbs 11 December 1770 100 acres in Duplin on the N,
side of Goshen Swamp and on both sides of Cowhole Swamp, joining WILLIAM TAYLOR,
Uriah Blanchard, John Rogers, and Burches Line at the Calfhole
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 22
(p 347)
4608 pg. 263 Stephen Herring 24 May 1773 350 acres in Duplin on the S.
side of Goshen Swamp, joining the head of Gravelly branch, Herring's own land,
a pond, Samuel Ward, Henry Cannon, WILLIAM TAYLOR, John Stuckey, the dividing
branch, William Dickson, and John Wright
(p 348)
4616 pg. 265 WILLIAM TAYLOR 24 May 1773 90 acres in Duplin on the N.
side of Goshen Swamp, joining Taylor's own line, John Gibbs, John Rogers, and
Bear Marsh
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 26
(p 633)
8373 pg. 19 Jesse Brock 22 July 1774 100 acres in Duplin on the N.
side of Goshen Swamp on the Mill branch, joining WILLIAM TAYLOR and William Parker
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excerpts from Duplin Deeds, Book 1A -
(p. 12)
p. 141 Frederick Glisson to Jesse Brock, both planters of Duplin Co., 6 Dec
1783, for 20 pds. 100A on the NS of Goshen Swamp on the Mill Branch, beg. at
a black gum by the run in sd. branch, to a stake on WILLIAM TAYLOR'S line, to
a pine on William Parker's line. Wit: John Swinson, John Rogers, Apr. Ct. 1785
Duplin County, NC - Deed & Land Records
1A p. 237 BAKER (B) BOWDEN (BOURDEN) of New Hanover Co., planter, to WILLIAM
TAYLOR, planter of Duplin Co., 7 Nov 1784, for 12 pds. specie 500A on the NS
of Goshen Swamp & on the head of Bear MARSH Branch, beg. at 3 pines on JOHN
WHITEHEAD'S line & sd. TAYLOR'S corner, to a bay in the Huckleberry Pond
on WESTEN'S line, to a pine in the head of Bear Marsh Branch, with BURREL BRANCH'S
line, to JESSE BARFIELD'S corner, to a stake on THOMAS TAYLOR'S line, to a pine
on JOHN WHITEHEAD'S line. Wit: SAMUEL BOWDEN (BOURDEN), JAMES STANDLEY. Jan.
Ct. 1786.
(p. 30)
p. 334 WM. (WILLIAM) TAYLOR of Duplin Co., planter, to his dau. ELIZABETH
TAYLOR of Duplin co., 3 June 1779, for "natural love & affection"
all that messuage or tenements, tract or tracts of land, with all houses, out
houses, lands & c. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Henry goodman. Apr.
Ct. 1787.
p. 335 WM. (WILLIAM) TAYLOR of Duplin Co. to his dau. ELIZABETH TAYLOR of
Duplin Co., 3 June 1779 , the following slaves, goods, & chattels: one negro
man named Arthur, one named Darby, one mulatto girl Ama, one negro girl Silva,
one named Geaney, & one half of stock of every kind & one half of household
goods & working tools. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Hery Goodman.
Apr. Ct. 1787
(p 33)
p. 372 Reuben Weston, planter, to Samuel Bowden (Bourden), taylor, both of
Duplin Co., 4 Apr 1785, for 50 pds. specie 320A on the NS of Goshen Swamp &
on the ES of Bear Marsh Branch, joining & between the lines of Moses Tyler,
John Winders, Henry Holley, & Thomas Bradley, being part of a tract of 520A
granted to the sd. Weston 28 Feb. 1775. Wit: WM. TAYLOR, Joshua Chamblee. Apr.
Ct. 1787.
(p 42)
p. 459 WILLIAM TAYLOR, planter, to his dau. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, both of Duplin
Co., 14 Jan 1779, for 100 pds. proc. 1,060A in 3 tracts: (1) 600A on the NS
of Goshen Swamp; (2) 100A on the NS of Goshen Swamp, beg. at a black oak John
Roger's corner; (3) 360A NS of Goshen Swamp joining other lines of sd. WM.
TAYLOR, beg. at a white oak on Goshen Swamp near Rogers' corner, to Bearskin
Branch, to the head of Poley Bridge Baranch, with sd. TAYLOR'S other line, to
a pine in the side of Goshen Swamp. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Oct.
Ct. 1787
p. 462 "Duplin County. Be it remembered that the sd. WILLIAM TAYLOR is
to be ever intrusted with the two deeds of gift from him to his daughter for
land and negroes, goods & chattels & that the intent of the said deeds
is to invest a proper and lawful right to hur of the land negroes goods &
chattels, at or after his death, no wise debaring the said WILLIAM TAYLOR of
using or altering ye the deed or deeds at his will and pleasure or selling or
giving any part or all of ye premises mentioned in the deeds aforesaid, in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this"
Wit: Willm. Goodman
John Gibbs ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Henry Goodman
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More than one William Taylor lived in this area during the 1700's. The following
are notes relating to these men.
(Military Notes sent by Jerome Tew, April, 2000)
1.TAYLOR, William (1), Minute Man, 10th Continental Line S7685
William (soldier) was born 10 Feb 1757 and died 13 Sept 1845. He was buried
near Beasley's grist mill in Duplin County. Wife Sarah was born 3 Sept 1765
and died 8 Nov 1835.
2.TAYLOR, William (2), Captain, N.C. Militia. . Soldier was born about 1725
and married Catherine Barfield about 1749. On March 13, 1787, this soldier
was killed by a slave named Darby. Widow Catherine Taylor wrote her will in
Duplin and died near the end 1800.
3.TAYLOR, William (3), Minute Man, NC Continental Line
Soldier was born about 1740 and one son James Taylor is identified and one
sister Sarah McCillen is also identified. Soldier was dead by Sept. 1796.
Soldier was awarded 274 acres of land for his Revolutionary Service.
Excerpts from Colony of North Carolina Land Patents which probably belong to
other William Taylor's. Note the mention of a William Taylor, Jr. and another
William Taylor deceased by 1775 -
Crown to: (William Tryon, Royal Governor) Patent Book 18
(p 22)
271 pg. 183 James Moore 28 October 1765 300 acres in Mecklenbugh on the
waters of the S. fork of fishing Creek on the Crabtree Branch - including a large
Meadow on the Waggon road, joining WM. TAYLOR
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 20
(p 253)
3343 pg. 718 Thomas Brown 18 November 1771 50 acres in Bladen on the S.W.
side of Ashpole or Tadpole Swamp, joining WM.TAYLOR and Charles Banfield
(p 262)
3461 pg. 738 WILLIAM TAYLOR 22 November 1771 200 acres in Dobbs on the S.
side of Trent river and (on the) N. side of Beaver Dam Swamp, joining John Williams,
Wm. Cole, and Joseph Taylor
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 22
(p 404)
5372 pg 416 James Campbell and WILLIAM TAYLOR 22 July 1774 580 acres
in Cumberland (on the) lower side of upper little River, joining Stewarts Creek,
William West, Robert Smith, John Trewit, Martin Trantham, Daniel Clark, and Archibald
McDougald
Crown to: (William Tryon, Royal Governor) Patent Book 23
(p 441)
5872 pg 83 WILLIAM TAYLOR, JR. 24 October 1767 200 acres in Pitt county
on the S.W. side of Creeping swamp, joining the side of the sd. swamp above the
great branch
(p 446)
5937 pg. 95 Isam Lane 26 October 1767 500 acres in Dobbs county between
great Contentny and Nuce river at the head of the E. prong of Bair creek, joining
WM. TAYLOR, (a point) near marks old path, William Ham, and Wm. Brierly
(p 536-537)
7143 pg. 352 WILLIAM TAYLOR 22 December 1768 640 acres in Dobbs on both
sides of S. W. Creek, joining Humphrey Williams, the mouth of great horse Branch,
and the head of a Meadow on Deep run
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 25
(p 569)
7546 pg. 96 James McKeithan 4 March 1775 50 acres in Cumberland, joinig
the River bank, Land patented by James Trotter (now possessed by the Widow of
WILLIAM TAYLOR decd.), and McKeithan's line (of land) patented by Forbes
(p 596)
7913 pg. 221 WILLIAM TAYLOR 11 March 1775 100 acres in Bladen, joining
the Top of a hill near the Persimmon Ford on the N. E. side of Archd. McKissacks
Mill Branch of Tadpole or Ashpole
7914 pg. 221 WILLIAM TAYLOR 11 March 1775 100 acres in Bladen on Mill
branch S. of Ashpole or Tadpole Swamp, joining a small branch above the Mill
(p 614)
8168 pg. 308 John Coart 11 March 1775 200 acres in Dobbs, joining
JOHN TAYLOR, George Harper, and WILLIAM TAYLOR
Crown to: (Josiah Martin, Royal Governor) Patent Book 26
(p 647)
8591 pg. 79 WILLIAM TAYLOR and Archibald McNair 25 July 1774 500 arcres
in Cumberland on the Branches of Black Mingo, joining the flat branch, Joseph
Dickson, Stoney Run, and Duncan Campbell above the main road
(p 664)
8845 pg. 150 WILLIAM TAYLOR 25 July 1774 400 acres in Bladen on Messur's
Branch W. of Pugh's Little marsh
(Census and Tax list notes sent by Dee Thompson, April, 2000)
There is not a William Taylor in the 1790 or 1800 census of Bladen, nor the 1763
Tax List. There is a deed (#4), that I think you have, of a William Taylor purchasing
50 acres in Bladen from Thomas Brown in 1771. The deed does not specify where
Taylor was from, although it does say that Brown is "of Bladen" (usually
this deed book says "both of Bladen" or " of same"). In #
10, there is a Wm. Taylor in Bladen in 1784, but none in Duplin. In 1790, as
I said, there is no William Taylor in Bladen, but there is one in Duplin and
also one in Dobbs in 1780 (none in Pitts) In other words, the three William
Taylors were not in the same county at the same time. (At least as taxpayers).
ORDINANCES OF CONVENTION, 1776
An Ordinance for appointing Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, and Constables
for the several Counties of this State, for erecting County Courts for the purposes
of holding Sessions of the Peace and putting into execution the laws relative
to Orphans, Guardians and highways until provisions shall be made by the General
Assembly of this State for the same. . . . John Sampson, William Houston, Thomas
Rutledge, Richard Clinton, James Kenan, William Ball, William Dixon, Thomas Hix,
Robert Dickson, Richard Herring, William Taylor, and James Lockhart, Esquires
for the County of Duplin; . . . (Walter Clark, The State Records of North
Carolina, Vol. XXIII, Page 993.)
William TAYLOR and Catherine BARFIELD were married before 1754 in USA, North
Carolina. Catherine is named as Catherine Taylor in the 1754 will
of her father.
575. Catherine
BARFIELD366,554,965 was born
in 1729 in USA, North Carolina, Duplin Co..554
She appeared in the census in 1790 in USA, North Carolina, Duplin Co., Wilmington
District.557 In the household
were: 1 male under 16, 1 male of 16 & upwards, 3 females, 8 slaves She died
in 1801.554 She signed
a will 18 Feb 1800 - July Term 1801 in USA, North Carolina, Duplin Co..557 Will of Catherine Taylor
In the name of God Amen,
I Catherine Taylor of the County of Duplin and state of North Carolina,
widow, being of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by God, but
calling to mind the uncertianty of man and being diserious to settle my
affairs, I do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament
First, I commit my soul to God who gave it me and my body to the dust to
be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter to be
named, as for my worldly goods I dispose of them as follows;
I give and bequeath to my two grandsons William Rhods and Tayor Rhods
each of them a feather bed, bedstead and furniture, two large pewter
dishes and five quart baisins to be as equallly divided between them as
may be without sullining and my riding beast, two iron pots and a frying
pan.
I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Catherine Barfield, one large
feather bed, beadstead and furniture, a bufet with what it contains a
table and chest, one small pewter dish and two large basins and also all
the residue and remainder of my property of every kind not especially
above mentioned
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friend John Rhods
and Louis Barfield to Execute this my last will and Testament and do
hereby vest them with fulll power to pay all my lawful and just debts
and to see that my largases be disposed of accordingly and I hereby
revoke and disavow all former and other wills and declaring this to be
my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this the 18th day of February 1800.
Signed, Sealed Published Catherine Taylor (seal)
and declared by the said
Catherine Taylor as her last
Will and Testament in presence
of Frank Oliver
Jas Oliver
State of No. Carolina July Ten 1801
Duplin County
This was the written will proved in open court by the oath of
Frances Oliver one of the subscribing witnesses thereto. and as the same
time John Rhods and Louis Barfield the Executers named in the said will
came before the court and qualified as executors thereto according to
law.
Ordered that letter issue accordingly.
Wm Dickson, C.C.
Above recorded in Deed Book 3 of Sampson Co. NC, page 465, 466
(CR.035.801.11/A-465)
" Catherine lived in Duplin County, North Carolina. During the Revolutionary
War some British soldiers, accompanied by a gang of Tories, made a raid on the
Taylor plantation. As her husband William was some miles away watching his valuable
horses which he had hidden in a dense swamp, Catherine had no one to defend her
against the insolence of the soldiers, and they pillaged to their hearts' content.
One soldier attempted to take some bedclothes, but Catherine clung to them and
told him that he should not have them as they were needed for the comfort of
her grandchildren who were then sick with measles. The soldier drew his sword
to intimidate her, but she resolutely held on until an officer ordered the soldier
to desist. During the fracas Catherine's mother, who was very old and feeble,
became so frightened that she shook as with an ague. Before taking their leave
the soldiers collected the large flock of sheep belonging to the plantation,
intending to take them all away, but on Catherine's remonstrating and proposing
to give one sheep to each officer and soldier, the officer in command agreed
to her proposition, and selecting a sheep apiece they retired. One soldier,
however, took a lamb extra. Catherine survived her husband a good many
years, and died about the close of the century, her old mother, the emmigrant,
having died several years before." (Pauline Craig Hughes)
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excerpts from Duplin Deeds, Book 1A -
(p 37)
p. 407 JOHN RHODES of Duplin Co., to CATHERINE TAYLOR, relict of the late WILLIAM
TAYLOR dec'd (co. not given), 23 Apr 1787, for 100 peper corn to be paid unto
sd. RHODES 1 Jan annually, if required, & the sd. RHODES farm lett unto
the sd. CATHERINE TAYLOR, all the lands (acreage not given) on the NS of Goshen
Swamp & on the ES of Bear Marsh, incl. the planta. whereon the sd. WILLIAM
TAYLOR, Esqr. dec'd lived, which was given by deed of gift by sd. WILLIAM TAYLOR
to his dau. ELIZABETH, now the wife of the sd. JOHN RHODES excepting 1A at the
end of the Mill Dam & the privileges of the Mill Pond, unto the sd. CATHERINE
TAYLOR during her natural life. Wit: Samuel Bowden, Frans. Oliver. July Ct.
1787
Children were:
287 | i. | Mary TAYLOR. | | ii. | Elizabeth (Sarah)
TAYLOR175,554,555 was born
in 1758. She owned 1,060 acres in three tracts in Jan 1779 in USA,
North Carolina, Duplin Co..557
William Taylor, planter, sold to his daughter Elizabeth Taylor, both of Duplin
Co, 1,060
acres. She died in 1801.554
"Sarah" was used by Pauline Craig, other sources use Elizabeth.
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Excerpts from Duplin Deeds -
(p. 30)
p. 334 WM. (WILLIAM) TAYLOR of Duplin Co., planter, to his dau. ELIZABETH TAYLOR
of Duplin co., 3 June 1779, for "natural love & affection" all
that messuage or tenements, tract or tracts of land, with all houses, out houses,
lands & c. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Henry goodman. Apr. Ct. 1787.
p. 335 WM. (WILLIAM) TAYLOR of Duplin Co. to his dau. ELIZABETH TAYLOR of Duplin
Co., 3 June 1779 , the following slaves, goods, & chattels: one negro man
named Arthur, one named Darby, one mulatto girl Ama, one negro girl Silva, one
named Geaney, & one half of stock of every kind & one half of household
goods & working tools. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Hery Goodman.
Apr. Ct. 1787
(p 42)
p. 459 WILLIAM TAYLOR, planter, to his dau. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, both of Duplin
Co., 14 Jan 1779, for 100 pds. proc. 1,060A in 3 tracts: (1) 600A on the NS
of Goshen Swamp; (2) 100A on the NS of Goshen Swamp, beg. at a black oak John
Roger's corner; (3) 360A NS of Goshen Swamp joining other lines of sd. WM.
TAYLOR, beg. at a white oak on Goshen Swamp near Rogers' corner, to Bearskin
Branch, to the head of Poley Bridge Baranch, with sd. TAYLOR'S other line, to
a pine in the side of Goshen Swamp. Wit: William Goodman, John Gibbs, Oct.
Ct. 1787
p. 462 "Duplin County. Be it remembered that the sd. WILLIAM TAYLOR is
to be ever intrusted with the two deeds of gift from him to his daughter for
land and negroes, goods & chattels & that the intent of the said deeds
is to invest a proper and lawful right to hur of the land negroes goods &
chattels, at or after his death, no wise debaring the said WILLIAM TAYLOR of
using or altering ye the deed or deeds at his will and pleasure or selling or
giving any part or all of ye premises mentioned in the deeds aforesaid, in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this"
Wit: Willm. Goodman
John Gibbs ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Henry Goodman
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